The continued shift toward illustrated covers appeals to a younger audience, emulating the popularity of the same trend in YA, causing confusion and misinterpretation of the intended audience for these books. This is a concerning failure to match content with audiences as social media such as BookTok picks up adult romance books, including those with high levels of spice content, and promotes them to the primarily YA audience.
Take a second and think back on the last time you visited a bookstore. Not that moment when you opened a book to smell its pages, but that other moment when you spotted a shelf filled with books that had cats decorating almost every cover. Have you ever heard of “healing fiction?”
Developmental editing is a crucial stage in the writing process for both fiction and nonfiction. It’s where the big picture elements of a manuscript are refined—story structure, pacing, character development, and clarity of argument or narrative. However, the approach and focus of developmental edits can differ significantly between fiction and nonfiction due to the different purposes these two genres serve. Understanding these distinctions can help authors and editors alike navigate the editing process more effectively.
Before becoming the operations manager at Ooligan Press, I had never thought about any potential archiving challenges. It seemed simple enough to move folders and documents into another folder. However, I didn’t take into account how difficult it is to institute and keep a naming convention, and how essential naming conventions are.
What about right-alignment? In English, text is rarely right-aligned (AKA flush-right and ragged-left), at least partially because English is read from left to right. Right alignment breaks away from the standard, so it can stand out.
Graphic design—especially industry standard software programs like Adobe Illustrator and InDesign—can be daunting when approaching book design, particularly without a previous background in art or graphic design. There are so many different facets to keep track of and consider like complimentary colors, tone, contrast, font choice, hierarchy, graphic size, and so on. Below are some of the things that helped me when I was dipping my toes into graphic design without any previous experience.
So, how do libraries get new books, old books, ebooks, and so on? Do they go and buy them? Wait, who is “they”? Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered.
It takes only a simple Google search of the job title to find a laundry list of the most common concerns surrounding sensitivity readers. Regardless of the controversial nature of the job, it’s undeniable that the use of sensitivity readers in the publishing process has become increasingly prevalent over the past several years.
When I was a creative writing major, the bulk of my classes were writing workshops. In that environment, I heard about line editing (LE) far more often than developmental editing […]
The regulation aims to track and hold accountable everyone in the supply chain of these products. The EUDR presents a challenge for book publishers in particular and some are already preparing to meet them. If you’re worried about understanding the legalese and when to comply, have no fear! There are plenty of resources to help.